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About

Half Moon Music, Orange, CT

Member Since: June 11, 2019
Festival biz experience: 20+ years
Orange, Connecticut

ENTHUSIASM IS CATCHING!

   Al deCant's Interactive Family Concerts are high quality children's entertainment at its best. Al is a critically acclaimed concert performer and educator from Connecticut, who has entertained and educated thousands of young people through his programs of music and storytelling. Al's music and character education themes are being used in schools and classrooms throughout Connecticut and New York. Parents, teachers and children immediately respond to the catchy tunes and lyrical wit of this veteran singer, songwriter, educator. Al's original comic and soulful songs are enjoyed as much by adults as they are by children.
   Al's musical styles have been compared to everyone from James Taylor to Randy Newman, but he clearly expresses his own unique style of children's music. With high-energy tunes spanning genres from traditional folk, rock and roll, to Afro-Reggae rhythms. Al knows how to engage his audience in singing along, dancing, and having one heck of a good time. His interactive songs; “Wake it Up, Shake it up,” “I Don't Wanna go to Bed,” “This Little World,” “Welcome,” and “My Best Friend” personify the enduring themes Al writes about. Al says, “There is nothing more exciting when families and friends are singing, dancing and making music together.”
   Al deCant has been an educator and musician for over 25 years and has served as an elementary school teacher, principal, and director of curriculum and instruction. He holds a BS in Elementary Education, and MAs in Elementary Education, and Educational Leadership. He actively performs throughout New England for schools, libraries, hospitals, local fairs, fundraisers as well as private and corporate functions.
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Musician, Children's entertainment, Performer
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Live Children'sEntertainment - CDs This Little World and MetaMorphosis
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